Man jogging across country for charity hurt in local hit-skip

Investigators are trying to find the driver of a pickup truck who didn’t stop after hitting a jogger in Madison County Wednesday morning.

It happened along U.S. Route 40 near the Clark and Madison County line around 8 a.m. in Somerford Township.

According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, Nicholas Ashill, 53, was running along U.S. 40 when he was struck by a passing vehicle.

Ashill was taken to Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center by helicopter.

Ashill is a professor at the University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. He is in the middle of a run across the country, starting in Los Angeles and ending in New York. His goal is to raise $35,000 for pulmonary fibrosis research, accord to The Madison Press’ media partner in Columbus, NBC4.

Police believe the vehicle is a 1992-1998 Chevrolet or GMC pickup truck. Police say the truck may have damage to the right mirror or the right side of the car.

Anyone with information about the crash is asked to call the patrol at 614-879-7626.